Question follow-through · 111514

Plastic Surgery: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase standards in and ensure effective regulation of the cosmetic surgery sector.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Feb 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase standards in and ensure effective regulation of the cosmetic surgery sector.

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    On 7 August 2025, the Government announced its plans to introduce measures to improve the safety of the cosmetics sector. This included prioritising the introduction of legal restrictions which will ensure that the highest risk cosmetic procedures are bro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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